China installed 7.73GW in H1 2015 official figures reveal

Utility-scale solar made up the overwhelming majority of the H1 deployment in China. Source: United PV. China installed 7.73GW of solar in the first half of 2015 as it continued to chase its target of 17.8GW by the end of the year. Of the 7.73GW. 6.69GW was utility-scale solar and 1.04GW was distributed generation. Beijing-based solar industry consultant, Frank Haugwitz said the figures offered few surprises. “The fairly large share of utility-scale is no surprise, given the myriad of prevailing constraints attached to classical distributed projects. If you look at the provincial breakdown, it’s no surprise that a few provinces so far underperformed, in other cases it’s rather the opposite, they out-perform,” he says. Haugwitz expects China to deploy no less than 14-15GW and is optimistic that it could reach 16-17GW with a bullish position of 18GW. “Q2/15 witnessed the ins...